The issue in November 1951 of a specification for an all-weather fighter capable of mounting standing patrols led the Lavochkin bureau to underta...
In mid 50’s of XX century, the USSR started process of аn anti-submarine aviation formation, a brand new kind of air force, due to the strong dem...
The Mikoyan-Gurevich I-320 was an all-weather fighter, capable of intercepting hostile aircrafts from a long distance.It's development began at l...
In the beginning of 1956, the “OKB-155”( Mikoyan-and-Gurevich ) Design Bureau began developing new supersonic interceptor under designation I-7U....
In 1970s, the USSR had a strong demand of a new fighter, being highly efficient against F-15, F-14, Mirage-F.1, F-111B and B-1 strategic bomber,...
Initially, Beriev Design Bureau had an intention to develop a special Search and Rescue (SAR) aircraft, based on Be-12. The design works began in...
The Ye-152M was intended to be the prototype of a new air defense interceptor with advanced avionics. It was based on its predecessor –Ye-152-2,...
The Ye-152 and Ye-152A were developed in the late 50’s from the Ye-150 interceptor by OKB-156 Design team.Due to the fear of possible malfunction...
After hard discussions, the Tupolev Design Bureau has been appointed by the USSR Government as a developer of a new antiradar airborne strike com...
Although the SAR (Search and Rescue) flying boat Beriev Be-14 successfully passed its government tests in 1965, it has never been put under seria...
The MiG-21F (Izdeliye "72") was light single-seat fighter aircraft, designed in the late 50’s as a further development of MiG-21. The aircraft pa...
The Myasishchev M-17 was designed in the mid-1970's as a high altitude interceptor of the reconnaissance balloons, which USA were then launching...
The Sukhoi Su-17 was the first Soviet fighter-bomber with a variable-sweep wing. The plane was based on the Su-7U, having a wing of the S-22I pro...
The Mirage III V-01 was a French vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) prototype fighter aircraft, developed in the mid-1960s. It was fitted with...
The Su-17 is a Soviet fighter-bomber with variable-sweep wing, further development of Su-7 by the Sukhoi Design Bureau. Apart from the new wing,...
The Su20 was an export version of the Sukhoi Su17M, developed for sales to the Third World countries. It differed from its predecessor by the c...
Tupolev Tu-144 was the first world’s supersonic passenger airliner. His prototype first flew on 31 December 1968 near Moscow, almost two months b...
The Ilyushin IL-86 was the first Soviet four-engined wide-body airliner. Designed in the 1970’s with the intention to be officially presented at...
The passenger aircraft An-10 was developed by Antonov bureau in the early 1950s. The plane was based on the An-12 “Cub” transport military aircra...
The Be-12 "Chayka"( in English “Seagull”) was an anti-submarine amphibious aircraft, successor to the obsolescent Be-6. The turboprop plane enter...
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The Tupolev Tu-91(NATO reporting name:Boot) was a prototype of Soviet naval attack aircraft, designed in the early 1950s.The turboprop bomber was...
Su -7BM was an upgraded modification of the Su-7B ground-attack aircraft, developed in the early 1960s. The plane has improved aerodynamics, addi...